
__base64 = (function()
    local __base64 = {};
    local b='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/' -- You will need this for encoding/decoding

    -- encoding
    function __base64.enc(data)
        return ((data:gsub('.', function(x) 
            local r,b='',x:byte()
            for i=8,1,-1 do
                r=r..(b%2^i-b%2^(i-1)>0 and '1' or '0') 
            end
            return r;
        end)..'0000'):gsub('%d%d%d?%d?%d?%d?', function(x)
            if (#x < 6) then return '' end
            local c=0
            for i=1,6 do c=c+(x:sub(i,i)=='1' and 2^(6-i) or 0) end
            return b:sub(c+1,c+1)
        end)..({ '', '==', '=' })[#data%3+1])
    end

    -- decoding
    function __base64.dec(data)
        data = string.gsub(data, '[^'..b..'=]', '')
        return (data:gsub('.', function(x)
            if (x == '=') then return '' end
            local r,f='',(b:find(x)-1)
            for i=6,1,-1 do r=r..(f%2^i-f%2^(i-1)>0 and '1' or '0') end
            return r;
        end):gsub('%d%d%d?%d?%d?%d?%d?%d?', function(x)
            if (#x ~= 8) then return '' end
            local c=0
            for i=1,8 do c=c+(x:sub(i,i)=='1' and 2^(8-i) or 0) end
                return string.char(c)
        end))
    end

    return __base64;
end
)()


